Title :
Polarization-Insensitive Widely Tunable Wavelength Conversion Based on Four-Wave Mixing Using Dispersion-Flattened High-Nonlinearity Photonic Crystal Fiber with Residual Birefringence
Author :
Wang, Zhaoxin ; Deng, Ning ; Lin, Chinlon ; Chan, Chun-Kit
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Photonics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong SAR. Tel: +852-2609-8385, Fax: +852-2603-5032, Email: zxwang3@ie.cuhk.edu.hk
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple polarization-insensitive scheme in a FWM-based wavelength converter using only a short span of high-nonlinearity dispersion-flattened PCF with residual birefringence with over 32 nm of tuning and 0.9-dB polarization sensitivity.
Keywords :
Birefringence; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801211
